1954, the Malabar Coast. British and Anglo-Indian identities blur when an English-woman with a neglectful husband births a sickly baby. Cotton Mary, a hospital aide and moralizing Anglophile who claims her father was a British officer, takes over the infant’s care and, without a word to the mother, takes the baby daily to her sister to nurse. Mary moves into the English household, taking over more and more duties as she plays on the mother’s fatigue and lack of spousal counsel: in effect, Mary colonizes the English household while she pilfers its stores and tells tall tales to her own family. For how long can Mary sustain her rule before the Englishwoman stands on her own feet?
Release Date: 17 December 1999Runtime: 124 min
Stars:
- Captain Raju
- Firdausi Jussawalla
- Gemma Jones
- Gerson Da Cunha
- Greta Scacchi
- James Wilby
- Joanna David
- Madhur Jaffrey
- Mahabanoo Mody-Kotwal
- Nadira
- Neena Gupta
- Prayag Raj
- Riju Bajaj
- Sakina Jaffrey
- Sarah Badel
Director: Madhur Jaffrey
